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Here’s a column that ran in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel advocating for support for the Next Generation Science Standards here in Florida: Stephen Goldstein: Science standards are great, but need your help<\/a>. Our very own Florida Citizens for Science president, Joe Wolf, is quoted!<\/p>\n

Joe Wolf, president of Florida Citizens for Science, says, “Science is about discovery, one of the great, exciting and beautiful things people can do. The NGSS go beyond the facts into where these facts come from and how they are developed. They can get kids to do science, not just learn facts; apply science to real problems as an engineer does; and learn the mathematics needed to understand and apply both. It is exciting that we have the opportunity to adopt such standards.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a column that ran in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel advocating for support for the Next Generation Science Standards here in Florida: Stephen Goldstein: Science standards are great, but need your help. 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